It's
Blake Caravati's turn. The Mayor serves for two years. Blake only has two
years left in his term and may not get reelected in 2004 unless he gets
this publicity boost.
Meredith Richards just got reelected and has four years, so she can wait
and be the Mayor in 2002.
Maurice Cox probably won't get chosen this time because he is usually controversial
with the rest of council - therefore they won't pick him just yet.
If Maurice and Kevin Lynch get reelected in 2004 then Maurice will be
Mayor in 2004 and Kevin will be Mayor in 2006.
Lloyd Snook hit it on the head with the fact that
the Mayor is simply a ribbon-cutter for the City. He may be right that there
is some ego involved, but look at it this way:
Every City Councilor in recent years has been the Mayor at least once. Who
wants to be the first councilor in recent history that has served and not
even been Mayor once? Nobody. What an embarrassment it would be. It might
be something other than ego...
Will Lyster (electronic mail, May 11, 2000)
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